Aristotle’s Poetics: The Argument
✍ Scribed by Gerald F. Else
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 1957
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 688
- Edition
- Reprint 2013
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Table of Contents
PREFACE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTERS 20-22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
Bibliography of Works Frequently Cited
INDICES
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